Some people thought we were out of our minds to say that. They thought Porsche would never break that long-standing record. They thought the 919 couldn’t break that record. They thought Porsches drivers couldn’t possibly navigate that tough course at the kinds of speeds necessary to break that five-minute barrier. We believe in Porsche, and there are certainly rumors that we may have been correct.

Porsche has been testing with Timo Bernhard on the Nordschleife, and as you can see in the above tweet, they are teasing that he may come back with the car in the near future. Then again, people thought they were just testing at Spa the day before they announced the record had been broken, and Timo was certainly moving at speed in his laps as shown in the video below.

Whenever the actual record attempt does occur, we cannot wait to see the onboard video. The 919 Evo travels at practically warp speed, and the views through the windshield are unbelievable. This kind of marketing-driven adventure with a now defunct racing car is the kind of thing that gives me life, as the youths say.

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Larry, records are there to be broken that is how we improve all facets of life, there are people who get used to a fast speed and need to go faster and faster, not for everyone but for some, the faster the better it is a buzz.